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Herodotus & Anacharsis The famous Greek historian Herodotus is the earliest author who mentioned Anacharsis. Here is what the Father of History wrote around 450...

https://youtu.be/Q2IFGWQJrrs Achilleid of Statius Achilleid is an unfinished epic poem by Publius Papinius Statius that was intended to present the life of Achilles from his youth...

https://youtu.be/GgNPqrBVy8U Side Tomb In May of 1971, archaeologists began clearing the Side Tomb of the Tovsta Mogyla Kurgan, which reached a depth of 6.2 m. It...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

“The Rus, who belong to the Slavic race, go from the most remote regions of the country of the Slavs, on the coasts of...

https://youtu.be/A7szL7wiBuY Discovery On June 21, 1971, while working inside the Scythian Kurgan, the head of the expedition, Borys Mozolevsky, began clearing the dromos, where a large...

Excerpts are from “A Russian Journal” written by John Steinbeck after his trip with a famous war photographer Robert Capa to the Soviet Union...

Famous travel-blogger of the 18th century Edward Clarke in his bestselling book 'Travels in Russia, Tartary and Turkey' repeated the facts about Muscovy that...

Sisowath Sirik Matak (22 January 1914 – 21 April 1975) was a Cambodian politician and member of the Cambodian royal family, under the House of Sisowath....

Panteleimon Kulish’s 200th Birthday Doodle: "Today’s Doodle celebrates the renowned Ukrainian writer, historian, and translator Pateleimon Kulish, born on this day in 1819. Through...

Harvard academic Dr. Richard Pipes who specialized in Russian history described in his most famous book published almost 50 years ago, the way Moscow...

Edward Daniel Clarke (1769-1822) wrote in his famous book 'Travels in Russia' which became a bestseller in 19th-century Europe that he had with him...

In 2022, the civilized world shuddered with horror at the images of executed civilians in the city of Bucha. Then there was the bombed...

“There is Shakespeare for literature, Karinska for costumes!” (George Balanchine) "When George Balanchine was asked by the Ford Foundation in 1963 what was the thing...

"The stunning Korolev crater in the northern lowlands of Mars is filled with ice all year round owing to a trapped layer of cold Martian air...

Per Wikipedia, Academician Boris Rybakov (1908-2001) was a Soviet and Russian archeologist and historian. He is considered one of the greatest authorities on The...

After the Poltava defeat, the wounded Charles XII of Sweden and Hetman Mazepa of Ukraine stayed in Moldova which was under the protection of...

Fibulae is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes... Unlike most...